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Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board public toilets, tramway signal cabin, waiting shelter, Swanston and Victoria Streets, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board public toilets, tramway signal cabin, waiting shelter, Swanston and Victoria Streets, Melbourne
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 111415
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________Period: Inter-War______________VICTORIA HERITAGE REGISTER H1686Statement of SignificanceWhat is significant?The Tramway Signal Cabin, Waiting Shelter and Conveniences were built in 1928 to the design of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board architect Alan G Monsbourgh. . It was built soon after the electrification of the Swanston Street and St Kilda Road cable tramways and controlled the shunting and dispatch of the increasing volume of electric trams arriving from the southern suburbs. The complex originally comprised female public toilets at the north end, a roofed passenger waiting area, a small store and toilet for staff at the south end, and a first storey enclosed signal cabin with balconies, reached by rung ladder. Construction is of concrete, rendered brick and a hipped roof of terra cotta tiles. The side awning roofs and the steel staircase are later additions. The interlocking signal system was supplied by the General Railway Signal Company of Rochester, New York. The signal cabin became redundant in 1991.How is it significant?The Tramway Signal Cabin, Waiting Shelter and Conveniences complex is of historical significance to the State of Victoria.Why is it significant?The Tramway Signal Cabin, Waiting Shelter and Conveniences complex is historically significant as the only surviving elevated signal cabin associated with an operating tramway system in Australia. It is significant for its ability to demonstrate the development of Melbourne's electric tramway system.___________________VICTORIA HERITAGE DATABASETRAM SIGNAL CABIN, WAITING SHELTER AND TOILETSSWANSTON STREET & VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITYHO911 Tramway Signal Cabin, Waiting Shelter & Convenience, Swanston & Victoria Streets, MelbourneRef No H1686see also VICTORIA HERITAGE REGISTER H1686https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/5324
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Research and reports
Record number:
1266966
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